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Libyan government forces besiege Gaddafi stronghold
Libyan government troops launch their largest assault yet on Muammar Gaddafi’s home city of Sirte.
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Megrahi protests innocence from Libya
In what he says are his “last days or weeks” left alive, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, says his role in the attack has been greatly exaggerated.
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Red Cross concerns for siege city of Sirte
There are fears of a humanitarian disaster as aid workers struggle to bring medical supplies to the Libyan city of Sirte, where fighting between pro-Gaddafi and NTC forces has intensified.
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Cameron and Sarkozy ‘accidental heroes’ in Libya
A report from a leading think tank says that Nato coalition leaders relied on improvisation and good luck as well as military prowess in Libya.
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Demand for land threatens world’s poorest, says Oxfam
Oxfam publishes a report warning that a “modern day land rush” is harming some of the world’s poorest people, who facing losing their homes and livelihoods.
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Yvonne Fletcher justice ‘closer than ever’
A former colleague of WPC Yvonne Fletcher says investigators are closer than they have “ever been” to achieving justice.
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Gaddafi says ‘bombs of Nato will not last’
Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to defeat the rebels, warning that “Nato’s planes will not be able to continue their operations in Libya”.
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Cameron and Sarkozy lauded in Libya
British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been warmly welcomed by jubilant crowds in Benghazi on their first visit to Libya since the fall of Gaddafi.
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Gaddafi loyalists attack oil refinery as Saadi enters Niger
At least 15 security men guarding an oil refinery near Ras Lanuf have been killed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, as the erstwhile leader’s son Saadi crosses the Libyan border into Niger.
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Nato launch airstrikes in battle for Gaddafi stronghold
As many as 1,000 Gaddafi loyalists are still holding out in the desert town of Bani Walid despite being pounded by Nato planes.
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A visit to the desert warehouse of death
Foreign correspondent Jonathan Miller describes his visit to a sinister Libyan military storage base untouched by NATO’s raids.
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Senior Gaddafi loyalists reportedly flee to Niger
A group of senior Muammar Gaddafi loyalists has reportedly fled to Niger as Interpol issues arrest warrants for the deposed leader and his sons.
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Gaddafi movements ‘being tracked by satellite’
The National Transitional Council in Tripoli claims it has located ousted leader Colonel Gaddafi, who says his forces will rally to defeat the rebels who now control much of the country.
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Gaddafi not the only victim of Libya’s revolution
The Gaddafi regime may not be the only casualty of events over the past six months. Africa’s most powerful nations may have been compromised by their dealings with Libya under the discredited colonel.
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Talks between rebels and Gaddafi loyalists ‘failed’
Libya’s rebel commanders may have to resort to an assault to take the Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid after forces loyal to the Colonel remained defiant.